101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder

Milk For Flowers is H. Hawkline's excellent new album - on this episode (recorded in 2021) he talks designing while touring, fixing lawn mowers, painting and decorating, living in the states playing on Cate Le Bon tracks, doing Teenage Fanclub’s ‘Endless Arcade’ artwork, crying at other people's artwork, puking in a tractor wheen at the Royal Welsh show & lots more. Head to 2000 Trees Festival this July. Use '101POD' at checkout for £20 off, FREE MONEY: https://www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk/ Songs: H. Hawkline 'Milk For Flowers', Cock Sparrer ‘Working’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

14 Mars 202337min

Join Benjamin Woods, the driving force behind the Golden Dregs, on today's episode - on having a difficult time making 'On Grace & Diginity', signing to 4AD on his 30th birthday, hard songs to sing, audio editing for The Crown, playing catch up in album cycles, touring in Anna Burch’s band, working on a building site, wearing trillbys, & more! Head to 2000 Trees Festival this July. Use '101POD' at checkout for £20 off, FREE MONEY: https://www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk/ Songs: the Golden Dregs 'Vista', Cock Sparrer ‘Working’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9 Mars 202341min

Their new album UK GRIM is out this Friday - here's Jason talking about getting a thicker skin, the competitive nature of bands, his childhood, listening to 80s music, when Stewart Lee came to a gig, curious sartorial decisions + lots more. Photo: Ewen Spencer Download AMPOLLO - the FREE app that lets you practice at home with any song, using its AI stem-removing super smart tech: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1659856412?pt=125376217&ct=Giles&mt=8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7 Mars 202334min

Maori native Jen Cloher joins us today- talking self managing, Milk! Records, transparency, Bjork and PJ Harvey, the collective music organisation, The Wurundjeri people, stolen land, lost language, Māori the indigenous people of New Zealand, the desire to learn, going to NIDA acting school, putting out firest album at 32, performing in london with Ngāti Rānana + more! Get your 4 day tickets for 2000 Trees Festival, including Wednesday's Forest Stage Line Up with Bob Vylan, Holding Absence and more. Use '101POD' at checkout for £20 off, FREE MONEY: https://www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk/ Songs: Jen Cloher 'Being Human', Cock Sparrer ‘Working’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Mars 202342min

Steve Mason's fifth solo album Brothers & Sisters is out this Fridat - here is on accepting to be an artist you’re going to be skint, loving the art, having a family, being a car mechanic, meeting artists, clubbing in london & the value of mistakes. Get your 4 day tickets for 2000 Trees Festival, including Wednesday's Forest Stage Line Up with Bob Vylan, Holding Absence and more. Use '101POD' at checkout for £20 off, FREE MONEY: https://www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk/ Songs: Steve Mason 'The People Say', Cock Sparrer ‘Working’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28 Feb 202328min

Tomorrow HR release their best album (and first in 16 years) Glorious Sunset - here catch Colin Doran talking about dedicating the time for band, driving all night for Rival Schools, skateboarding, teaching music industry, working at an accounts deptment, the deeply dug lyrics on Glorious Sunset and more. Get your 4 day tickets for 2000 Trees Festival, including Wednesday's Forest Stage Line Up with Bob Vylan, Holding Absence and more. Use '101POD' at checkout for £20 off, FREE MONEY: https://www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk/ Songs: Hundred Reasons 'The Old School Way', Cock Sparrer ‘Working’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

23 Feb 202343min

Haley Shea aka Sløtface tells me about growing up in Norway, wanting to go to medical school, working for gender balance music organisation AKKS, reshuffling as a solo / collective band, loving The Wombats and more. Get your 4 day tickets for 2000 Trees Festival, including Wednesday's Forest Stage Line Up with Bob Vylan, Holding Absence and more. Use '101POD' at checkout for £20 off, FREE MONEY: https://www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk/ Songs: Sløtface 'Nose', Cock Sparrer ‘Working’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 Feb 202338min

Julien and Max from the wonderful Chicago group join today - talking about their studio house, Chicago’s music scene battle against corporations, service jobs, cooking, living an adult life, sleeping on Brudenell Social Club's floor, losing toenails + lots more. Get your 4 day tickets for 2000 Trees Festival, including Wednesday's Forest Stage Line Up with Bob Vylan, Holding Absence and more. Use '101POD' at checkout for £20 off, FREE MONEY: https://www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk/ Songs: Whitney 'For A While', Cock Sparrer ‘Working’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20 Feb 202328min